Hot here today... but omg... was it ever hotter in South Dakota... omg... they said on The Weather Channel that the temperature there on Saturday was an unbelievable 120 degrees...

WTF???

One Hundred Twenty Degrees???

That's normal for Death Valley but South Dakota???

They also said it is currently hot in Europe... in the nineties when it is usually in the 70s... hmmmmm...

But no worries... There's NO such thing as global warming so sayeth the bushies... that the coming climate change is cyclical... uh huh... even if the coming change IS cyclical, what are we going to DO about it? cuz ya know, my friends... there weren't that many humans on the planet the last time this happened... not that many at all...

Where I live it is downright air conditioned compared to what you "easterners" are getting. It goes up to 70-75 max with a cool ocean breeze during the day, and goes down to 52-55 at night. Need an extra blanket for the nightchills. I remember those hot humid nights when no covers would be too many. But that was when I was an easterner. But I left that behind over 15 years ago to move out here.

Come join me in my cool island paradise.

It is supposed to get up over 80 this weekend for the first time this year, but like I said, there is always a cool ocean breeze blowing in from the south. No need for air conditioners here, unlike your situation. No rain for weeks now and things are drying up. That's normal for this time of year, but it usually rains at least once every 2 weeks. This year, hardly any, as the dry summer rolls on and causes those fires east of here. None here on the island yet, but it is sure tinder dry.

I really do feel sorry for you guys and gals, 'cause mother nature hasn't been very nice to you this year. Hope you can get your beauty sleep and catnaps in, 'cause lost sleep makes for angry tigers with hot tempers.

Just thought I'd report on the weather up in the northwest corner.

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The mountains of NC are sweltering in a humid heat wave, and where I am, near the Georgia line, it's incredibly hot but the early mornings are marvelous. I get up around 6 am, make hazelnut coffee, and drink it while I sit on the front deck and watch the sun rise over the mountains. Then I have to start watering all the plants and flowerbeds just so they'll make it through the day. Around 8 pm it starts to cool off again.

Thank the goddesses for air conditioning. AND maybe we'll get an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon. We need some rain.

Catherine

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Thankfully, this week I am no longer working on top of the steam pipes. I was a pleasure working in front of a window under the blairing sun. Now instead of feeling like a lobster, I feel like an ant being fried under a magnifying glass.

Listen to me, if your kids ever give you a hard time about going to college, feel free to point at me, my broken burnt body, and laugh. Say, do you want to be like that??? Lol, that will make them change their minds. I'm ready for winter. I like winter, I can dress for it.
The summer on the other hand, I can only take off so many clothes before the people start pointing and laughing at me.

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Yes stripey, you're right- things are finally going to heat up this summer for us. Predicting 80-90 degrees. Tonight I took the old dog for a walk and had to put a coat on, the old lady had to put an extra blanket on the bed, and I have barely opened the windows this year yet. Keeps cooler during the day with the windows closed. The sun coming in warms the house just right and it starts to cool down around 6PM.

Where I live the winds flow across the Juan de Fuca Strait, right through our little town, with very little to slow them down. If you know the waters here they are usually 45- 49 degrees and so are too cool to swim in, but keeps things cooler near shore. We get fog fairly often in the summer and our yearly temperatures are from 32 in the winter to 75 in the summer on average. Just about perfect, except for the rain in the winter. Well I do live in a rain forest area, so rain is something you come to expect, and dress appropriately for. The summers are awesome though and sure make up for the rainy months.

Planning a trip to Cuba this winter at christmas. Hope it works out. Fight the SADs during winter.(Seasonal Affective Disorder)

As for iced tea- Just bought some decaf Green Tea after your suggestion. Thanks, I'll be ready.

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I guess here in the Ohio Valley it got to.... well the bank signs said 106, 112, 108. We left to do some errands around 10 am. The bank said 94 then. At about 12 noon when we stopped for lunch and took the kids to get some ice cream it said 104. We started home around 4 and one bank said 112. I dont know about that one. Might need calibrated or something. The heat doesnt really bother me but the mrs. is an air conditioner freak.

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I get yelled at by the mrs. in the car because i wont run the air conditioner. I like the windows down. I dont know why heat doesnt bother me. Im not sayin its not HOT. Its hot as hell. With humidity at 100% too. People tell me Im crazy all the time.

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I get yelled at by the mrs. in the car because i wont run the air conditioner. I like the windows down. I dont know why heat doesnt bother me. Im not sayin its not HOT. Its hot as hell. With humidity at 100% too. People tell me Im crazy all the time.

Well, Justin, crazy or not, the automobile association suggests that when driving around town to do so with the windows down and A/C off... cuz it saves gas... but when driving on the highway/freeway/tollway, whateverway, to roll the windows up and use the A/C to keep cool cuz the drag caused by driving with the windows down wastes gas...

Humidity at 100% must suck really bad... we have some now... 30% ish... which is WAY more than normal... and it sux...

my furr, my furr... I just can't do anything with it...

And just like having humidity which we rarely have, we are now under a heat advisory until Sunday and we rarely, if ever, have them... weird...

I have to say... and I mean this from the bottom of my paws to the tips of my nose and tail...